Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kuhl; Matthew Marshall; Andres Carrano

best design, and conclude the activity with a real pilot run on the line. Furthermore, thisflexible system allows for different group s to design and implement different solutions.4. Laboratory ModulesEach of the three laboratory modules was conducted during the academic quarter in which thecorresponding class was taught. Each of these modules is described separately below.4.1 ManufacturingThe manufacturing portion of this study was conducted in the Fall quarter of 2002 as part of theundergraduate mandatory course “Manufacturing Engineering” for all ISE students. During thiscourse, the students were walked through the manufacturing sequence of such product as shownin the following schematic Concept & Prototyping

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goulet

Reconstruction of a Medieval Trebuchet, Acta Archaeologica, vol. 63, pp. 198-268,1992.6 URL: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html; The Grey Company Trebuchet Page.7 Cartwright, L, Humorous Engineering, Paper 2081, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference, Albuquerque, June 2001.8 Matlock, M., Osborn, S. LePori, W. and Engler, C., Development and Implementation of a Common InvestigativeMethods Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students, paper 2326, Proceedings of the 2001 American Societyfor Engineering Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque, June 2001.9 URL: http://www.tbullock.com/trebuchet.html; Tom Bollock, Some experiments with trebuchets.10 URL: http://www.algobeautytreb.com

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

used like a traditional black board by the instructor to write class notes.Controls are located on the touch panel placed within easy reach on the instructor’s desk.A video recording system tapes the proceedings on VHS video tapes. Prior to starting theclass, a technician activates the equipment, and establishes contacts with off-campusstations using an ATM (Asynchronous Transmission Mode, 512 kb/s) phone system. Afterthe session begins, the technician monitors the equipment to ensure their proper operation.At each of the off-campus stations, another technician or a staff member is responsible forthe operation and monitoring of the system.Special Classroom Features and Facilities The course was taught in a non-traditional classroom

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

project idea based on their current research interests. These topics varied as apart of an existing project, a recently completed project, an external contractual project, or amajor focus of their ongoing research. Since faculty involvement in this pilot idea was completelyvoluntary, faculty contact with the groups was kept at a minimum so as to not overload theparticipating faculty. Thus most faculty met with their group(s) between 3 – 5 times over thecourse of the semester; 1) an initial meeting to familiarize the group with the project and providerelevant reading material, design specifications as well as project endpoints, 2) a mid-projectmeeting to make sure the group was on the right track, and 3) another meeting towards the finaldue date

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell

developing this program. In addition, numerous undergraduates have helped usimprove our efforts especially Redza Mohammed Shah, and Kirsten Christophersen.6 References[1] Kolb, D. A. 1981. Learning styles and disciplinary differences. The Modern American College. Eds. A. W. Chickering and Associates, San Francisco. Jossey-Bass.[2] Schmidt, P. S., Beaman, J. J., "PROCEED: A Department-Wide Curriculum Reform Initiative in Project- Centered Education", Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Paper No. 461, Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2002.[3] Williams, J.., "The Ability to Communicate Effectively: Using Portfolios to Assess Engineering Communication", Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

., “4D: Science Fiction or Virtually Reality?” Construction.com, (http://www.construction.com/ NewsCenter/it/features/01-20010416.asp), 2001.5. Johnson-Laird, P. N., Legrenzi, P., and Legrenzi, M. S., “Reasoning and a Sense of Reality,” The British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 63(3), University Press, Cambridge, 1972, pp.395-400.6. Kang, H., “Web-based 4D Visualization for Construction Schedulin g,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2001.7. Mahoney, J.J., Tatum, C.B., and Kishi, K., “Construction Site Applications of CAD,” Technical Report, Number 36, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, 1990.8. McKinney, K., Kim, J., Fischer, M., and Howard, C

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Soule; Bruce Segee

circuitry. This andthe flyback diodes are shown in the full circuit schematic. See Appendix A.5. High Side Driver Circuitry Page 8.360.4The high side driver must be able supply a voltage that it VT volts greater than V GS. In thiscase the transistors used, National Semiconductor IRFZ14’s, have a threshold voltage of 4volts, worst case. This means that the high side driver must be able to maintain no lessthan 19 volts in order to switch the high side FETs.A charge pump circuit was created to accomplish this. A charge pump can be compared tofilling a bucket full of water. You use a small bucket and dump it into the larger bucket.As long as you dump the

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

structural engineering approaches such as the “Slope-Deflection Method” and“Moment-Distribution Method” methods have also been developed and documented. Moresupport in terms of faculty time for completing these modules are needed.Bibliography1. Navaee, S., Das, N.K., “Utilization of MATLAB in Structural Analysis,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002.2. Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995.3. McCormac, J., Elling, R.E., Structural Analysis, Harper Collins, 1988.4. West, H.H., Fundamentals of Structural Analysis, John Wiley, 1993.5. Laursen, H.I., Structural Analysis, Second Edition, McGRaw Hill, 1978SHAHNAM NAVAEEShahnam Navaee is currently an Associate Professor in the Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

methods and solar engineering technologies at both the graduate and undergraduatelevels.References 1 Ashley, S. 1992. Solar Photovoltaics: Out of the Lab and Onto the Production Line. Mechanical Engineering. 114 (1): 48-55. 2 Bendel, C., Rudolph, I., and M. Vioto. 1994. Experimental PV Façade. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Photovoltaics in Buildings. Cambridge, MA. 3 Energy Information Agency. 1994. Commercial Characteristics 1992: Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. Office of Energy Markets and End Use. Washington, DC: US Department of Energy. 4 King, J. 1996. The Real Problem with Deregulation of the Utility Industry. Electric Light and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wilson; Kim Needy; Karen Bursic

were identified. Thissurvey will also be administered in Spring, 2003.Beginning in Spring 2003, the IE 1040 course will require students to complete a project in theform of a case study. This project will comprise 15% of the final course grade. Teams of 2-3students will select a real world problem that lends itself to engineering economic analysis andthat can be written as an engineering economics case study. A requirement is that the situation orproblem should be engineering and/or business related. The final write up will include adescription of the situation and organization/business, the specific economic decision(s) involved,a description of available data, assumptions, a description of the economic analysis techniques thatare applicable

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

Reacculturation of Aerospace Engineering Students,” Technical Communication, vol. 42, no. 3, 1995, pp. 492-503. 5. Shepard, S. D., ‘Mechanical Dissection: An Experience in How Things Work’ Proceedings of the Engineering Education Conference on Curriculum Innovation and Integration, 1992. 6. Lamancusa, J, M., Torres, V. Kumar and J. Jorgensen, 'Learning Engineering by Product Dissection' Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 1996, pp. 1-12. 7. Johnson. D.W., R. T. Johnson and K.A. Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom, Interaction, Edina MN, 1991. 8. Kolb, D., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

on collaboration and active learning. This helps to create an atmosphere where thestudents feel that they are a part of the College. In addition, some the faculty members who haveparticipated in teaching the FEP courses are now employing these new methods in theirdepartmental courses. Thus the changes in the First-Year Engineering Program are helpingchange the teaching and learning culture in the College. It is the intent of the FEP to continue tointroduce new methodologies for the faculty to employ with the first-year students and toincorporate learning how to learn for the students.As Colleges are developing or revising their first-year programs, they should plan not only thecourse(s) content but how it will be presented in the classrooms

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Jerry Samples

life. Page 8.290.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences 1. Bell, J., Ford, A., Goncharoff, V., Montgomery, S., Reed, D., Theys, C., Troy, P., “Lecturer – An Alternative to the Tenure Track,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2002. 2. Bullard, L., Knoll, P., Saterbak, A., “Choosing The Road Less Traveled: Alternatives to the Tenure Track ,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2002. 3

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

variety of Participatory Rapid Appraisal techniques6 with leaders, students andparents. A heuristic approach to the survey was used since the answers to the question wereanticipated. The three survey questions were asked in the context of development in the countryof Uganda. The following questions were asked of 150 to 200 leaders: What do you need?How do you deal with the unmet need(s)? What can we do to help in this process? Theresearchers held discussions with the stakeholders who comprise religious, community (hospitaladministration, business owners) and university leaders (professors/administrators). Thegeographic scope included a wide variety of settings, both urban (including universities) andrural in Kampala, Mukono, and the district of

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Edwards; Lawrence Hochreiter; Laura L. Pauley

courses into a logical sequence such that it requires only a slightly higheracademic load during the semester as well as one additional semester of work. Uponsuccessful completion of the program, the student receives two separate Bachelor of Sciencedegrees, in nuclear and mechanical engineering. The program has gained significantpopularity at Penn State with thirty-two students currently enrolled.IntroductionBy the mid 1990’s, the undergraduate enrollment in nuclear engineering, across the nation, hadsignificantly decreased such that many Nuclear Engineering Programs and Departments werediscontinued or merged into other programs. Some of the mergers resulted in the eventualdisappearance of the Nuclear Engineering Program as a viable

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susannah Spodek; D. Joseph Mook; Lester Gerhardt

domain of students in the liberal arts, a perkfor language, history, and political science majors. 7 Engineers, with their strictly definedcurricula, felt there was little room for flexibility to allow them the opportunity to studyabroad, especially within the 4-year degree. For the rare engineering student whoinvestigated the possibility of studying abroad, s/he faced multiple hurdles, from findingoverseas academic programs (in English or in another language) that would meet his/heracademic requirements to finding faculty who would approve the credit transfer.Fortunately times have changed. Global E3, the largest consortium in engineering forstudy abroad, offers students engineering exchange opportunities in English and in otherlanguages in 17

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

Indeterminate Beam Page 8.1267.12 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Navaee, S., Das, N.K., “Utilization of MATLAB in Structural Analysis,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002.2. Larsen, R. W., “Engineering with Excel,” Prentice Hall, 2002.3. Cross, H., “Analysis of Continuous Frames by Distributing Fixed-End Moments,” Proceedings of the ASCE, 1930.4. Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995.5. McCormac, J., Elling, R.E

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Hogan; Barbara Goldberg

their career goals.Most importantly, a mentoring environment demonstrates to the learner that s/he “matters” to theinstitution. Rosenberg and McCullough speak of the importance of “mattering” and define it as“a motive – a feeling that others depend upon us, are interested in us, are concerned about ourfate, or experience us as an ego-extension.” 11 Feeling that they “matter” keeps students engagedin their learning. Beal and Noel found that a strong retention factor is the caring attitude of facultyand staff. 2 Within a supportive and caring environment, faculty and peer mentors encourage andprompt struggling students with strategies that enable them to cope with competing demands. Asa result, mentoring is a strong layer of support in an

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerardine Botte

acted as a mentor. The students were able to read, write, discuss,and be engaged in solving problems both in the classroom and out of it.References1. C. C. Bonwell and J. A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, George Washington University, Washington DC, 1991. Page 8.1179.62. D. C. Seeler, G. H. Turnwald, and K. S. Bull, "From Teaching to Learning: Part III. Lectures and Approaches to Active Learning," J. of Veterinary Medical Education 21 (1994).3. ABET-2002, "2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs- Program outcomes and assessment", p.1 www.abet.org4

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Herbertson; Daniel Cavanagh

ideal environment for wound healing. While the transparent dressing is designed to provideadequate protection and let the skin breathe, it is also very flexible and distensible.The primary piece of equipment used for this exercise is a Universal Testing Machine (TiniusOlsen, model H5K-S) with connected PC for data acquisition. Other minor supplies include adissection kit, rubber gloves, scissors, ruler, micrometer. Before any testing can be performed,the two materials need to be prepared for mounting into the testing machine. Both materials arecut into a dog bone shape (Figure 2) using either scissors or a scalpel. An image of a chickenskin sample loaded in the universal testing machine is shown in Figure 3. The target values forthe height h

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell; Pat Shamamy; Feierfeil Greg; Chris Reidel; Tarek Rizk; Lisa Anneberg

small company, or start theirown business.Biographical InformationGreg Feierfeil, P.E. is a college professor at Lawrence Technological University and is thecoordinator for the Lear Entrepreneur Center for the Mechanical Engineering Department. Hereceived a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit and an M.S. inMechanical Engineering from Wayne State University, in Detroit. He retired from Ford MotorCompany after nearly 36 years in Engineering and Information Technology.Dr. Rizk holds three degrees in Engineering, including the Doctor of Science in EngineeringManagement and Systems Engineering from the George Washington University. He representsthe Civil Engineering perspective for Lawrence Tech’s Entrepreneurial Program

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

-Sponsored/Manufacturers $3,500References1. Karimi, A., “Implementing a New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to Improve Student Retention,” ASEE 2001-1566, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, Albuquerque, New Mexico.2. Dym, C. L. and Little. P., Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, 2000.3. Harris, C. E., Pritchard, M. S., and Rabins, M. J., Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 2nd edition, Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, Calif., 2000.4. ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Annual Book of ASTM Standards, 1999.BiographyAMIR KARIMIAmir Karimi is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

website.Bibliography 1. Besterfield-Sacre, M., L.J. Shuman, H. Wolfe, C.J. Atman, J. McGourty, R.L. Miller, B.M. Olds, and G. Rogers, “Defining the Outcomes: A Framework for EC 2000,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Education, Special Assessment Issue, 43(2), 2000. 2. Carter, M., R. Brent, and S. Rajala, “EC2000 Criterion 2: A Procedure for Creating, Assessing, and Documenting Program Educational Objectives,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, 2001. 3. Chow, T., Presentation on Rose-Hulman Web-based Portfolio Assessment System, Best Assessment Processes III Symposium, April 2-3, 2000, Rose

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schwartz; K-Y Daisy Fan

experience and continues the development of algorithmanalysis and object-oriented concepts, such as generic programming, graphical user interfaces(GUIs), and recursion, with about half of the course as overview of data structures. With onlyoccasional use of MATLAB for plotting, CS211 primarily uses Java.Given CS211's focus on advanced programming concepts within a Java framework and extensionof CS100 concepts, some CS100 students worry about their eventual CS211 performance if theytake CS100M. In fact, most students who expect to take CS211 choose the J track instead of the Page 8.575.4M track as the introductory course. Our reply to the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

Management. 33(6):23-30 (Nov./Dec. 1991).4. FRAME, J. D. (1984). International Business and Global Technology. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books.5. ITDG website: http://www.itdg.org/html/home.htm6. MARZ J. S. (2002). Engineering schools change with the times Machine Design, v39, July 25, www.machiedesign.com.7. MICHAU, F. et.al. (2001). Expected benefits of web-based learning for engineering education: examples in control engineering, EUR. J. ENG. ED., 2001, VOL. 26, NO. 2, 151–1688. RAYMOND, R.H.M. & MERRITT, M.A. (2002). Search under: Computer Technology and Social Changes Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, http://www.twu.ca/library/Funk&Wagnalls.htm.9. SADAT-HOSSIENY, M. (1989). Foreign Students

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

environmental considerations into a sustainable development module.In the Fall of 2002, roughly 20% of the course focused on sustainable development. Classactivities included completing a LEED rating of an existing facility. The incorporation of thisnew content was not considered a compromise in coverage because the course had beendesignated for revision to better meet course and department objectives by the previousinstructor and department. The revisions better complied with the course objective of familiaritywith civil engineering codes, regulations, and site development issues. Cognitive learning in thesustainability module covered language development, comprehension and application.CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN AND S YNTHESIS, a required senior level

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

Design (4 th Ed.). Fort Worth, TX: HBJ Page 8.778.10College Publishers.4 Falkenburg. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”5 Khasnabis, S., Ellis, R.D., Schuch-Miller, D., Liu, S.L., Santhanamurthy, R., Plonka, F., Falkenburg, D., “Web-Enhanced Tools for an Engineering Economics Course,” Proceeding of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Boston, MA, November 6-9, 2002.6 Ahmed, M.S., Baskin, N.L., Tonkay, G.L., Wittchen

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

27, 1993. pp. 35-40, various attachments. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402 (ISBN 0-16-043446-7). 14. Seible, S., and Karbhari ,V., "Advanced Composites Built on Success," Civil Engineering, August, 1996, pp. 44-47. 15. Davalos, J. F., Salim, H. A., Qiao, P. Z., Lopez-Anido, R., and Barbero, E. J., “Analysis and design of pultruded FRP shapes under bending”, Composites, Part B: Engineering Journal, Vol. 27,No.(3-4),1996, pp. 295-305. 16. Davalos, J. F. and Qiao, P. Z., “A computational approach for analysis and optimal design of FRP beams”, Computers and Structures, Vol. 70,No.2,1999,pp. 169-183. 17. Davalos, J. F. and Qiao, P. Z., “Analytical and experimental study

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Worden

about three students. Although there is a weekly recitationthat all students attend, most of the work consists of a semester-long, mentored research projectcarried out by the team in a participating faculty member's research lab. Twice during the term,the teams report on their research progress in both written and oral formats.Grading is based on a number of factors, including the team's performance in the lab (as judgedby the faculty advisor and mentor), the final oral and written reports, a few homework and in-class assignments, and the team's research journal(s). More details on the course objectives,format, and recitation topics are presented in other papers8,10, as well as in an on-line poster thatmay be viewed at the URL (http

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

truly becomes a passion for the students to complete an operational flexiblemanufacturing cell. Many graduates have said that it was the most rewarding experience of theirschool career because it allowed them to ‘put it all together’ into one comprehensive project.Students are very proud of their accomplishments and always perform a special demonstration totheir parents and families after the commencement ceremony.References1. Ferguson, E S., Engineering and the Mind’s Eye. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1992.2. University of Wisconsin-Stout. Manufacturing Engineering Program Mission Statement. Menomonie, WI. 1998.BiographyRICHARD ROTHAUPT is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering since 1995 and is currentlyProgram Director for